"The 2012 Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedules, approved by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the American Academy of Family Physicians, were released on February 1, 2012. As in the past, 3 schedules are provided: one for children 0 through 6 years of age, another for children 7 through 18 years of age, and a catch-up schedule for children and adolescents who start late or fall more than 1 month behind. The days of learning the schedule once in school are over. As has been the case for the past several years, this year's schedule includes some notable changes. The increasingly complex schedule is accompanied by a number of footnotes, and the devil is in the details -- the footnotes are important, and providers are advised to use all 3 schedules and their respective footnotes together rather than treat them as stand-alone schedules. Medscape spoke with Michael T. Brady, MD, Chairperson of the AAP Committee on Infectious Diseases and Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University about the most significant of this year's recommendations."
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